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    Marklin couplers

    I has In the hobby shop the other day and they had some marklin catalogs. I was looking threw the brochers and all the rolling stock had some weird couplers. They looked like they locked together, not prototypical looking eathier. Is all of their rolling stock like this. Can they be switched...
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    Rare Paint Scheme Thread!

    I have never actually seen a picture of a real warbonnet, until now of course
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    The Gorge is growing

    I have several rock molds 2 molds that are a single big face from woodland scenics one that is the several smaller molds and one that I made from laytex and a real piece of granite from by backyard. I first overfill the molds up with the sculptamold, then I just stick them to the side, they...
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    Question for 11-28, How do you work?

    sections all the way. Im too impatiant and want to se progress
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    Question for 11/27 - What are you working on next?

    build the suspention bridge still not sure how I am going to do it
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    Backdrop question?

    I would find a picture and blow it up. thats what I did except I made the backdrop with several poctures and photodraw
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    Here's what I have to work with

    if you want countinous runnung like you said you need at least 48" to turn around or a duck under/ lift up section
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    hiding switch mechanisms?

    The Kato switches totally enclose the mechanism beneath their formed ballast. does kato's swithches work well, the bachman swithches are compleatly worthless, I was thinking about taking the track off and replaceing it, it shouldm't be too hard the track comes off easy enough as long as you...
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    hiding switch mechanisms?

    some times I surround them with bushes, you could ramp up plaster or foam around them and apply turf as long as you don't get it in the mechanism, and the most common option, for me anyway is to suffer
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    fresh from florida

    topeka is on there anyway
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    The Gorge is growing

    Here are some better pics the first really sows the progression of sters from white nothing to different colors to the finished section
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    The Gorge is growing

    I just thought about it I didn't know up ran through at that time
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    The Gorge is growing

    For the rock faces first I put a layer of rough sculptamold. The I painted that a redish color. New I went ove severl places with a second coat and stapmed It with a mold spryed with lots of non stick spray to give it a rock like texture. The next step was to carve crack lines then paint/stain...
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    The Gorge is growing

    I worked on the bridge and rock face on the gorge today and yesterday. For the bridge I used ready mad plastic I beams. The one side I had to drill holes in the plaster to put the I beams in but the other side I have yet to plaster so i will plaster those in later and the bridge will staighten out
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    The Gorge is growing

    thats a neat picture. it amazing that you can see the people, or whatever on top of the bridge. If you look toword the back you can see the hanging bridge
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    The Gorge is growing

    I have been playing around with some photography techniques, here are some pictures. These are all dawn or dusk shots.
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    Idea in the works

    I love that layout. It might be difficult for a begginer, though. I think it could be done but not in the same manner that one was built. I definitly would not have that drastic of elevation changes. You would be much better of if you used more user freindly things. The bench work was...
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    EZ Track Transition to Flex Track?

    I use wood door shims for transitions also
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    Backdrops and Relief Structures

    I depends too what is up against the back drop. Areeing also with gil finn you are primarily looking at the area straight on the distance doesn't need to bee enough and vice versa. How close together the relife stucturs are together and the hieght of the layout would also make a difference